"Paradiso" Quotes
"Paradiso" by Dante Alighieri is the celestial conclusion to his Divine Comedy, depicting the poet's journey through the nine spheres of Heaven guided by Beatrice, culminating in the vision of God's divine essence.
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Quotes
The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way that light rushes into a transparent object.
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.
The fable of the earth, the heavens, and the sea, the origin of each, and of the two-fold form of each, and of all things, is one.
The glory of Him who moves all things penetrates the universe and shines in one part more and in another less.
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to pursue virtue and knowledge.
The heavens call to you, and wheel around you, displaying to you their eternal beauties.
The love that moves the sun and the other stars.
My will and my desire were turned by love, the love that moves the sun and the other stars.
I am making an effort to get back to the light.
The fires of love come in many forms.
